In re: Boy Scouts of America

  1. June 01, 2022

    Sidley Not Conflicted, NJ Diocese Ch. 11 Moves Forward

    The bankrupt Diocese of Camden received approval for its Chapter 11 plan disclosures with warnings from the court, Sidley Austin was found not to be conflicted when it represented the Boy Scouts of America, and Arizona law doomed a $16 million lien claim asserted by the Dutch government in the MD Helicopters bankruptcy. This is the week in bankruptcy.

  2. May 25, 2022

    3rd Circ. Finds No Conflict In Sidley Repping Scouts, Insurers

    Sidley Austin LLP was not conflicted when it represented the Boy Scouts of America in bankruptcy proceedings despite also representing the organization's liability insurers, the Third Circuit has ruled.

  3. March 02, 2022

    Sidley Was Conflicted In Boy Scouts Ch. 11, 3rd Circ. Told

    A Chubb Ltd. unit told the Third Circuit on Wednesday that Sidley Austin LLP's former concurrent representation of the Boy Scouts of America and the organization's liability insurers marked a conflict of interest because the firm's reorganization strategy for BSA would take money from "its own client's pockets."

  4. February 28, 2022

    3rd Circ. Preview: March Roars With Ch. 11, Poaching Spats

    The Third Circuit's March argument schedule has panels digging into arbitration matters surrounding a National Football League agent's poaching row and contract claims against a pharmacy benefit manager, as well as probing a third-party agreement that sank an overtime suit by energy inspectors.